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The Economic Times World Leaders Forum brings global leaders, top MNC CEOs and policymakers to one stage. We are there as an IFSCA-regulated institution — financing the trade the conversation is about.
About Us
If there ever was a time calling for India to step up to the podium of business leadership, it is now. As global economies worry about rising costs and debts, stagnating growth and geo-political tensions, India is poised to reap the rewards of its demographic dividend, bold economic reforms and a proven entrepreneurial culture.
Welcome to The Economic Times World Leaders Forum (WLF), a platform where global leaders, top MNC CEOs, influential thought leaders and policymakers come together to exchange ideas and collaborate for progress.
Six themes on the programme. Six lines on our book.
Cross-border credit still turns on documents. Machine-read documentation and pattern-based risk scoring move an exporter's approval cycle from weeks to days.
The transition is procured before it is built: modules, cells, cabling, chemistry, critical minerals. We fund the supply chain, not only the asset at the end of it.
Tariff regimes and re-routed corridors change who an exporter sells to and on what terms. Structured trade finance is how that adjustment is absorbed.
GIFT IFSC exists so international capital can meet Indian enterprise under one regulatory roof. We structure foreign-currency facilities without pushing clients offshore.
Incentive schemes create capacity; capacity creates a gap between order book and receipt. Our engineering, chemicals and manufacturing books sit in that gap.
Structured trade finance is a scarce skill in India. We build it in-house at GIFT City — credit, documentation, sanctions, structuring.